But
one man in a leather coat, standing nearthe armored train, was silent and pensive…

… –
Now, sit down, – having looked at
his watch, the father said, – Now,
the most important is beginning.

He
went and turned on the radio set. Everybody sat and silenced.
First, it was quiet. But soon there came noise, drone, and beeps.
Then something knocked, hissed, and somewhere from far away, there started
a canorous sounding...

…It
was from far-off Moscow, under the red star on the Spasskaya Tower, the
golden
Kremlinbells were chiming.

And
that sounding– before the New Year –
now was being listened to by people in cities, in mountains,
in steppes, in taiga, and at the dark blue sea.

And,
certainly, the pensive commander of the armored train, he, who had
been waiting tirelessly for an order, heard that sounding as well.

And
then all people rose, congratulated each other once again
with the New Year, and wished happiness to all. Everyone understood
what
happiness is in his own way...